Costa Mesa-based Resources Connection Inc. said Wednesday that work related to Sarbanes-Oxley accounting reform helped spur revenue and profits in the quarter ended Aug. 31.
Resources reported a 30% rise in net income to $15.1 million, versus a year earlier, on a 30% increase in sales to $150 million. The results were slightly higher than Wall Street expectations.
The company provides accounting, finance and legal staff and services on a project basis.
Resources said its European operations performed better than expected during the summer and that it benefited from new or existing contracts that expanded.
The company also has gained from the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which required public companies to boost their accounting procedures and oversight.
Shares of Resources were down 3% to $30.12 in afterhours trading following the earnings release. The company is trading near its 52-week high.
